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# humanely

«humanely» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a kind way that causes as little pain or suffering as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (humanely); adjective: humane

### meaning for a pupil

Humanely means in a kind way that causes as little pain or suffering as possible, especially to animals or prisoners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humanely/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and animal care it is about treating animals kindly; humane traps catch animals without hurting them. Phrases: «treated humanely», «humanely caught», «humanely put down» (euphemism).

### examples

- The mice were caught humanely and let go in a field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humanely/#x1)
- Farm animals should be treated humanely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humanely/#x2)
- The prisoners were treated humanely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humanely/#x3)
- The old dog was humanely put to sleep by the vet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humanely/#x4)
- Use a humane trap to catch the rat humanely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humanely/#x5)
- The rescue centre cares for animals humanely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humanely/#x6)

### note

Spelling: hu-MANE-ly. Do not confuse «humane» (kind) with «human» (a person). «Put to sleep / put down humanely» is a euphemism for killing a sick animal without pain.

### In the corpora

- ["Humanely destroyed" (official) means an animal was killed by officials.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «humanely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humanely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.